Butterfly Wings

This is a crazily backdated post, which I think happened in May 2012. Sila.

Emma’s been bugging me to buy her a pair of butterfly wings from Cotton On at Paradigm Mall. Ewah nak selitkan yang akak dah pergi ke sana, ada a lot of comments on the place. Nanti aku komen. So last night on a whim ewah on a whim (jakun oi) kami pun pergilah ke sana. Zufri tiada kerana dia kan Belia 1Malaysia.

Nak dijadikan kisahnya, kami beli 2 benda. Butterfly wings dan sehelai tshirt untuk Emma. Cashier tu kata semuanya RM63.00. Eh? RM63.00? Kenapa pulak sedangkan harga butterfly wings tu hanya RM29.00 dan tshirt hanya RM19.00? Kenapa kenapa kenapaaaaa???? Kau ingat aku tak reti kira?! Katanya harga butterfly wings tu RM44.00. Kataku no, written on the price tag is RM29.00. Katanya sekejap ye kak.

Manager dia pun datang, called HQ, ding dong ding dong bla bla bla about 3-4 minutes, probably even 5, dan katanya ye kak, harganya RM44.00.

I was conflicted, because Emma really wanted those wings, but I hated that they did a mistake like that and cheated the customers. I mean what if I bought a shit load of things and didn’t check every single item, like in Giant? (Well Giant has made their fair share of over charging customers themselves) Then how? 1 customer dah RM16.00, sehari 10 customer beli dah RM160.00. sebulan dah RM4,800.00! Tak ke rip off tu namanya??

Memang semua wings tu RM44.00 atau ada yang RM28.00, tanyaku. I mean there were other designs; they could have priced them wrongly. No, said the manager. They are all RM44.00.

Hmm.. Think think think.

Sekali budak tu tanya “so akak nak ke tak?”

What the effffff la weyyyyyyy?????

I mean wow. Seriously? Of course I said no. And on hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have taken the t-shirt either. And probably should have voiced out my dissatisfaction with the way he handled the manner. And the manager too. And created a scene. With placards and all, pusing-pusing depan Cotton On chanting “Cotton On Penipu! Cotton On Penipu!”

I guess I was expecting some sort of apology for inconveniencing me. What if I went there with only RM28.00, came to Paradigm Mall solely for the purpose of buying those wings, with a baby in the carrier and a 4 year old melalak nak jugak wings tu? Or just honour the price shown on the price tag. RM16.00 is not a lot for a place like Cotton On.

Nasib baik aku bukan celebrity blogger tau.

Bangang punya customer service.

Jalan-jalan kat Toys R Us, tengok tengok ada satu butterfly wings tu, lengkap dengan magic wand, at only RM33.00. Lagi berbaloi.

Haven’t stepped foot in another Cotton On store ever since.

Bahhh!!!

Finally an update

Amagad I really need to update this blog more often. Every time I read other people’s blog I feel so inspired to update mine. Inspirations that are short lived pasal aku tak update-update juga. Its been a busy few months. Busy idling. Hehe. Busy being lazy. Ooohh that sounds better. Oh! Oh! Or busy living life. Yeah I could go on for hours (thinking of things to write and end up not writing anything at all)

OK. Sooo….

August is a month of many occasions; both my girls are August babes. On Emma’s birthday, I made her a birthday tiara made of foam. The best would of course be using felt paper, but Zufri just couldn’t be bothered to go to OU (Daiso sells them in lots of colours!). Foam is also acceptable, but it’s a bit warm. Mak Su made Emma some red velvet cupcakes because those are her favourite, and we drew some Hello Kitty on the icing. Yummy and pretty.

Aisha’s birthday pulak was on the 2^nd day of raya. That was fun because everyone was around for cakes and bunga api. In true Hamzah family tradition, we didn’t have any round, huge cakes, but instead we bought cake slices from Secret Recipe. The kids then promptly started playing under the table. Seems that kids will always choose friends and company over sweet delicious cakes.

Raya this year was pretty calm and organized, we amazed ourselves! Usually malam raya tu masih lagi mengemas-ngemas rumah, jemur ketupat, keringkan rendang dan sebagainya. But this year, malam raya tu aku keluar pergi cuci rambut, OK. Cuci rambut! Amagad. Memang superb raya tahun ni. Brought only Aisha because Emma was too busy playing with her cousins. Emma tak nak ikut tau mummy, Emma nak duduk dengan Mak Yen. Okay, Princess. (She makes me call her Princess nowadays. Ikat kain kat pinggang sebagai skirt yang sangat panjang dan kembang, letak selendang atas kepala sebagai rambut yang panjang. Seperti Princess Rapunzel.)

Wish I had photos to share with you guys. Maybe later when I update on Emma and Aisha. Gotta get back to work.

What A June!

Or to be exact what an end to June!

First the great news. Anies gave birth to a chubby looking and indeed-o chubby at 3.2 kilos this early morning at 4.20 am. Alhamdulillah, congrats to Anies dan Shafik. so happy for them! Air ketuban pecah di restoran ye, drama sangat. Haven't had the chance to go visiting yet because..

Great news number two: I'm in JB to attend my cousin's wedding! Alhamdulillah, congrats to cousin Zaki and his wife Azila. Beautiful wedding. Besok turn wedding di Singapore pula dan Papa wants to leave at 8:00 am. Good luck.

Anywayyyy, after the bride's sanding tadi (Zaki married a Johorean because we Johoreans are so cool and much sought after) the groom's rombongan lepak our house sekejap to regroup. While everyone was inside, somebody smashed the window of an auntie's Alza and took a cousin's handbag.

There were two passports in the bags. Australian passports. Jadi sekarang semua orang lain nak ke singapore untuk wedding esok. Yang seorang (Raidah) nak balik KL pasal suami dia kata (depa baru kahwin 2 minggu lepas) suruh balik KL, settle kat KL. Lagi sorang (Khadeeja) nak cuba masuk singapore tanpa pasport, menggunakan report polis.

Seorang pakcik, bateri kereta dia mati. Semua orang struggle pasal tak tau mana letaknya bateri kereta dia. Bengkel banyak tutup pasal malam sabtu. Kalau bukak pun, xde jual bateri bersesuaian. 4 bengkel kemudian baru jumpa mekanik. Tu pun bateri dia kecik gila.

Pakcik makcik dan cousin cousin dah bergelimpangan kat depan. Dramatik sungguh our end of June.

At least the whole family's together :)

Instant Gratification

So my new year's resolution was a bust. Hampas sungguh resolusi itu untuk membelog setiap minggu. What's new. Hey you know, I thought I wrote somewhere about what my ideal weight was, but I couldn't find it. Before I got pregnant with Aisha, I was what 65, 66 kilos? Yeah, a bit overweight, but was still in a suitable BMI range as borderline as it was. My maximum weight, days before I gave birth was 80 kilos, and 40 days postpartum I'd gone back to 65, 66 kilos.

My weight happily stayed there. I jogged, I exercised, I tried to diet. A few weeks ago I noticed that my work slacks were a bit loose that I had to wear a belt. At lunch I ate half a portion of rice, focusing more on vegetables and protein. I drank lots of air kosong, especially before lunch time, because I'm still pumping milk. Aku berpendapat bahawa badan aku harus biasakan diri menghasilkan susu dengan kadar makanan separuh yang aku makan, agar kelak tiada masalah penghasilan susu jika aku tetiba nak diet. Panjang inner conflict aku ni, ni summary saja.

So today I decided to weigh myself. Lama dah tak timbang berat, kerana balik-balik melihat angka yang sama, diri menjadi sedikit bosan dan stress. Hee hee berat aku kini 61 kilo. I lost 4 kilos tanpa disedari dan ini membuat aku terasa sangat best. Yeah 61 is still heavy, but a loss is still a loss no matter how little it is, so mari memotivasikan diri sendiri! Nak turun ke 55 kilo boleh tak? Tapi pasal terasa diri dah kurus, terus aku minum coke hampir habis sebotol besar. Instant gratification sungguh. Tiada disiplin. Semoga aku insaf dan sambung makan yang sihat sihat saja sehingga selamanya.

Oh God, teruk betul bahasa dan isi post ini. I wanted to do some work but found out I couldn't. I should go to sleep now because I feel delirious. Minum coke dulu segelas hee hee.

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